The derivative of \(y=\tan ^{-1}\left[\frac{\sqrt{1+\sin x}+\sqrt{1-\sin x}}{\sqrt{1+\sin x}-\sqrt{1-\sin…

The derivative of \(y=\tan ^{-1}\left[\frac{\sqrt{1+\sin x}+\sqrt{1-\sin x}}{\sqrt{1+\sin x}-\sqrt{1-\sin x}}\right] \text { with }\) respect to \(x\) is equal to
  1. -1
  2. 0
  3. \pm 2
  4. \(\pm \frac{1}{2}\)

Solution

It is given that, \(\begin{aligned} & y=\tan ^{-1}\left[\frac{\sqrt{1+\sin x}+\sqrt{1-\sin x}}{\sqrt{1+\sin x}-\sqrt{1-\sin x}}\right] \\ & \because \quad \sqrt{1+\sin x}=\sqrt{\sin ^2 \frac{x}{2}+\cos ^2 \frac{x}{2}+2 \sin \frac{x}{2} \cos \frac{x}{2}} \\ & =\left|\cos \frac{x}{2}+\sin x / 2\right| \end{aligned}\) and \(\sqrt{1-\sin x}=\sqrt{\sin ^2 \frac{x}{2}+\cos ^2 \frac{x}{2}-2 \sin \frac{x}{2} \cos \frac{x}{2}}\) \(=\left|\cos \frac{x}{2}-\sin \frac{x}{2}\right|\) \(\therefore \quad y=\tan ^{-1}\left(\cot \frac{x}{2}\right)\) when \(\cos \frac{x}{2}+\sin \frac{x}{2}\) and \(\cos \frac{x}{2}-\sin \frac{x}{2}=\frac{\pi}{2}-\frac{x}{2}\) are positive \(\tan ^{-1}\left(\tan \frac{x}{2}\right)=\frac{x}{2}\), when \(\cos \frac{x}{2}+\sin \frac{x}{2}\) is positive and \(\cos \frac{x}{2}-\sin \frac{x}{2}\) is negative \(\tan ^{-1}\left(\tan \frac{x}{2}\right)=\frac{x}{2}\), when \(\cos \frac{x}{2}+\sin \frac{x}{2}\) is negative and \(\cos \frac{x}{2}-\sin \frac{x}{2}\) is positive \(\tan ^{-1}\left(\cot \frac{x}{2}\right)=\frac{\pi}{2}-\frac{x}{2}\), when \(\cos \frac{x}{2}+\sin \frac{x}{2}\) and as \(\cos \frac{x}{2}-\sin \frac{x}{2}\) is negative. So, \(\frac{d y}{d x}= \pm \frac{1}{2}\) Hence, option (d) is correct.

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2020 (21 Sep Shift 1)

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